Todays Nation reports that an “academic coalition calls on Thaksin to quit.” These are clearly academics with their finger on the pulse of public opinion and fashion:
Anti-Thaksin campaigner Sangsit Piriyarangsan urged government opponents around the country to put on yellow shirts on September 9 to coincide with an opposition rally in Bangkok. “Yellow is the [...]
A yellow revolution?
September 3rd, 2006 by Andrew Walker · 1 Comment
Tags: Thaksin
Mekong Community TV
September 3rd, 2006 by Nicholas Farrelly · Add a Comment
In a fascinating development for the regional television industry, a new initiative, called “Mekong Community TV”, has been launched. The idea is that Thai, Vietnamese, Lao and Cambodian channels from the “Mekong community” will join forces to provide coverage of “their neighbourhood”. The partner channels are TV 5 from Cambodia, LNTV from Laos, HTV from Vietnam and [...]
Tags: The Mekong · Trans-Border Issues
Pa-O Review
September 3rd, 2006 by Nicholas Farrelly · Add a Comment
One of the most prolific reviewers of new Burma-related books, David Scott Mathieson, has written a piece on The Pa-O: Rebels and Refugees.
I am yet to read the book, but always enjoy Mathieson’s “first-take” on recently published material. Check it out and see for yourself.
Tags: Burma · Publications